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Francesco Maria I della Rovere

Type Figure Region Europe Time 1490–1538 Also known as Francesco Maria della Rovere

Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1490–1538), Duke of Urbino and a military commander of the Italian Renaissance.…

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  1. 1511–1515Urbino · MarcheFrancesco Maria I ruled the Duchy of Urbino as heir of the della Rovere family, maintaining court culture and military defenses, consolidating ducal authority in the Marche amid the Italian Wars.
  2. 1515–1516Urbino · MarcheIn 1515 Pope Leo X granted the Duchy of Urbino to his nephew Lorenzo de' Medici, forcing Francesco Maria into exile and depriving him of his family's ancestral lands, sparking years of wars to recover them.
  3. 1516–1520Marche · MarcheFrancesco Maria allied with French King Francis I and the Republic of Venice, launching military operations in the Marche to retake Urbino; though he made some progress, after the Treaty of Noyon in 1517 he still failed to restore full rule.

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